Bridge Across My Sorrows

Christina Noble''s story is one of bravery and resilience in the face of deprivation and abuse on a scale that most would find unimaginable.

Her childhood in the Dublin slums barely merits the name: after the early death of her mother, her family was split apart, her alcoholic father unable to care for his children. Christina was sexually abused and later escaped from an orphanage to live in pov...